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Nicosia – Explore Cyprus – Updated Guide and Travel Information

editor — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 20:24:00 +0000

EXPLORING NICOSIA COUNTRYSIDE VALLEYS Travelling along the valley of Gialias Worth visiting is the tiny chapel of Agios Eftychios on a rise, northeast of the village, recently restored. It was originally a Hellenistic tomb containing a sarcophagus with a large Byzantine cross cut in relief on the lid. St. Eftychios was buried in the sarcophagus. Most probably the chapel was originally painted. Only some traces of frescoes, the steps, the recesses on the walls and a very tiny bema are currently preserved. Close to the chapel is another tomb belonging to Agios Theodoros. The original tomb has been destroyed and

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Map of Nicosia, Cyprus – Exact Time

editor — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 17:24:00 +0000

From the workshops of the Cyprus Handicraft Centre Cyprus Handicraft Centre. On Athalassa Avenue, right at the traffic lights at the start of Nicosia-Limassol highway, stands the Cyprus Handicraft Centre, which was established in 1977. Its main object is the preservation and further development of Cypriot traditional folk art. Folk art in Cyprus goes back to the Neolithic era (7.500 B.C.) with the well known combed decoration on vases. It continues to the Bronze Age, the Byzantine period and reaches the current pottery of Foini and Kornos or the lacemaking of Lefkara region. Within the Centre there are workshops for

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Best Places To Go In Nicosia

editor — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 03:00:00 +0000

CHURCHES, MONASTERIES AND MOSQUES The Cathedral of Agios Ioannis Theologos (Saint John the Theologian), situated between the old and the new archbishopric, is possibly the best known church in the island. It is from this church that panegyrics are read on national anniversaries and, quite often, doxologies are held in the presence of the President of the Republic and the prelate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus. The present-day Cathedral of St John the Theologian was, prior to the 18th century, the church of the monastery of St John Pipis, dating from medieval times. Following its destruction and according

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